Florea Dumitrache

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Florea Dumitrache

Full name	Florea Dumitrache
Date of birth	May 22, 1948(1948-05-22)
Place of birth	Bucureşti, Romania
Date of death	April 26, 2007 (aged 59)
Place of death	Bucureşti, Romania
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964-1976 1976-1979 1979-1984	Dinamo Bucureşti Jiul Petroşani Corvinul Hunedoara Total	198 (108) 80 (37) 79 (25) 357 (170)
National team
1968-1974	Romania	31 (15)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Florea Dumitrache (May 22, 1948 – April 26, 2007) was a Romanian football striker. He was considered one of the best Romanian strikers of all time.

He was born in Bucharest and debuted in Divizia A with Dinamo Bucureşti in 1966. He remained with Dinamo for eleven seasons, winning the league titles in 1971, 1973 and 1975 and the cup title in 1968. He became the top goalscorer of the Divizia A in 1969 with 22 goals and in 1971 with 15 goals.

Dumitrache got 31 caps and 15 goals for the Romanian national team. He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, scoring 2 goals. The Victoria Ground is now known as the "Florea Dumitrache" Field in honor of the great romanian striker, who played 11 seasons for Dinamo & 7 years for the Romanian National Football Team.

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v • d • e Romania squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Răducanu • 2 Sătmăreanu • 3 Lupescu • 4 Mocanu • 5 Dinu • 6 Coe • 7 Dembrovschi • 8 Dobrin • 9 Dumitrache • 10 Nunweiller • 11 Lucescu • 12 Ivăncescu • 13 Deleanu • 14 Gergely • 15 Dumitru • 16 Neagu • 17 Tătaru • 18 Tufan • 19 Domide • 20 Pescaru • 21 Adamache • 22 Gornea • Coach: Niculescu